MUSIC WRITTEN BY HAROLD SHAPERO

with discography

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• "AB-70" for piano, in honor of Arthur Berger's birthday (1985)
• "America Variations," for piano (1950- present a work in progress)
• "Arioso Variations" for piano (1948)
• Chamber Symphony, (a work in progress)
• Concerto for Orchestra, (1950s- present a work in progress)
• Credo for Orchestra (1951)
• Recorded by the Louisville Orchestra, First Edition Records (Columbia) late 1950s
• "For Louise" for 'cello solo, in honor of Louise Vosgerchian (1985)
• Hebrew Cantata for chorus and small ensemble (1956)
• Hebrew Poems recited with electronic synthesizer accompaniment (1968-69)
• Improvisations in B, for piano and synthesizer (1969)
• on tape not commercially available Synthesizer played by Hannah M.G.Shapero
• Improvisations in C sharp, for piano and synthesizer (1970)
• on tape not commercially available Synthesizer played by Hannah M.G. Shapero
• "In the Family" suite for trombone and flute (1991)
• Recorded by Ronald Barron, trombone and Marianne Gedigian, flute, Boston Brass Series recordings, 1996
• Re-arranged as Wind Quintet, 1995
• "Leaves in the Wind" for piano (1936-1938)
• Nine Minute Overture, for Orchestra
• Recorded by Andre Previn with Los Angeles Philharmonic, New World Records, 1988
• "On Green Mountain," transformation of Monteverdi's "Chaconne" for jazz orchestra (1958)
• Recorded as part of the Modern Jazz Concert anthology, Columbia Records, 1958-1959
• Partita for Piano and Orchestra (1960)
• Recorded by Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney conducting, Benjamin Owen, Pianist First Edition (Columbia) Records, 1967
• Poems by E. E. Cummings, set of 5, for baritone voice and piano (1938)
• Piano Sonata for four hands (1940-41)
• Recorded by Harold Shapero and Leo Smit for Columbia Records, mid-1950s
• Recorded by David Kopp and Rodney Lister, New World Records, upcoming release
• Piano Sonatas, set of 3 (1941-43)
• Sonata No. 1 recorded by Bernhard Weiser for New Editions American Music Series, mid-'50s
• Sonata No. 1 recorded by Frank Glazer for Everest/ConcertDisc Records, 1960
• Sonata No. 1 recorded by Sylvia Marlowe, transcribed for harpsichord, Decca Records, 1960s
• Three Sonatas recorded by Michael Boriskin, New World Records 1996
• Piano Sonata in F minor (1948)
• Serenade for Strings (1945)
• Recorded by Arthur Winograd, with the Arthur Winograd String Orchestra, MGM Records, late '50s, re-released, late '60s
• Re-arranged for string quintet, 1998
• "Sonatine" for piano (1936-1938)
• Soundtrack for TV documentary "The Twentieth Century with Walter Cronkite," on President Woodrow Wilson (1959)
• String Quartet (1942)
• Recorded by the Naumburg Foundation Quartet, late '50s
• String Quartet (1998)
• Originally Serenade for Strings, 1945
• String Trio (1937)
• Symphony for Classical Orchestra (1948)
• Recorded by Leonard Bernstein conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra, 1954, re-released by Composers Recordings, Inc., 1979
• Recorded by Andre Previn with Los Angeles Philharmonic, New World Records, 1988
• "The Travellers" Overture (1948)
• Re-worked as a Sinfonia in C minor
• Trumpet Concerto (for trumpet and orchestra) (1994)
• Trumpet Sonata (1939)
• Variations in C minor for piano (1947)
• Violin Sonata (with piano) (1942)
• Waltz and march miniatures for piano dedicated to various individuals (1990s)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Much thanks to Hannah M.G. Shapero, who has provided the bulk of this discography.